Google Drive from the command line
Find a document, read it, change it, and get it back as a PDF.
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Find a document, read it, change it, and get it back as a PDF.
Drive has two levels: read what is there, or change it. Read finds a file, reads it as text and downloads it, and a PDF, a Word file or a spreadsheet reads too, because Google converts it on the way through. Manage adds writing, copying, the Trash and sharing, and a share stops and asks before it hands anything to anyone.
Each of the last three opens a browser tab, does one thing, and hands the terminal back.
curl -sSL https://gbrainio.terminalwire.sh | bash # install it gbrainio terminal connect # set the terminal up and connect it gbrainio tool gdrive open # connect the account gbrainio terminal open # turn Google Drive on for the terminal
The installer is a shell script for macOS and Linux. Read it before you run it.
This is gbrainio tool gdrive,
run for real. The page and the CLI print from the same code, so
the cheatsheet is what the CLI answers to today.
gbrainio tool gdrive Find, read, change and export documents. USAGE gbrainio tool gdrive <command> [arguments] COMMANDS file ls, show, new, edit, search, trash, restore, upload, export, append,… folder new share ls, new, rm comment ls, new, edit, rm, reply, resolve open Open its page in the browser LEARN MORE gbrainio tool gdrive <command> -h What one command takes https://gbrain.io/docs/tools The manual
gbrainio tool gdrive file Files in your Drive. USAGE gbrainio tool gdrive file <command> [arguments] COMMANDS ls See a folder show See a file's details new Create a file edit Change a file search Find your files trash Move a file to the Trash restore Restore a file upload Upload a file export Download a file append Add to a document copy Copy a file read Read a file LEARN MORE gbrainio tool gdrive file <command> -h What one command takes https://gbrain.io/docs/tools The manual
gbrainio tool gdrive share Who a file is shared with. USAGE gbrainio tool gdrive share <command> [arguments] COMMANDS ls See who can reach a file new Share a file rm Stop sharing a file LEARN MORE gbrainio tool gdrive share <command> -h What one command takes https://gbrain.io/docs/tools The manual
gbrainio tool gdrive folder Folders in your Drive. USAGE gbrainio tool gdrive folder <command> [arguments] COMMANDS new Create a folder LEARN MORE gbrainio tool gdrive folder <command> -h What one command takes https://gbrain.io/docs/tools The manual
gbrainio tool gdrive comment Comments on a file. USAGE gbrainio tool gdrive comment <command> [arguments] COMMANDS ls Read comments new Comment on a file edit Edit your comment rm Delete your comment reply Reply to a comment resolve Resolve a comment LEARN MORE gbrainio tool gdrive comment <command> -h What one command takes https://gbrain.io/docs/tools The manual
Claude Code, Cursor and Codex reach the same Google Drive through MCP, on the same permission and the same record.
One permission, one daily ceiling, one record, across every client that asks.
